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Automating a javascript button click

rated 0 times [ 162] [ 2] / answers: 1 / hits: 31345 / 13 Years ago, mon, april 11, 2011, 12:00:00

So I have a button with code like this:

<div style=text-indent: 0pt; visibility: inherit; id=button5061>

    <a title=Continue href=javascript:if(%20button5061.hasOnUp%20)%20button5061.onUp() name=button5061anc>

        <img width=82 height=25 border=0 style=cursor: pointer; alt=Continue src=images/continueoff.gif name=button5061Img>

    </a>

</div>

And I need to click it with javascript. Right now I am using the firefox extension Chickenfoot which allows me to script the site with a javascript interpreter with some custom commands.

http://groups.csail.mit.edu/uid/chickenfoot/api.html

I have tried selecting it with xPath (//div/a[@title='Continue']/..) which finds it, but when I click() it nothing happens.
Here are some of the things I have tried:

click(find(new XPath(//img[@alt='Continue']/..)))

click(find(new XPath(//img[@alt='Continue']/../..)))

click(continue)

click(Continue)

click(images/continueoff.gif)

click(continueoff.gif)

click(find(Continue))

click(find(Continue).element)

click(find(images/continueoff.gif))

I know this is a rather specific quesiton but any ideas on what to try would be much appreciated.

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answered 13 Years ago forrestn · Accepted Answer

html:

<div>

    <a href=# onclick=alert('ok')>

        <img src=>

    </a>

</div>

javascript:

var xPathRes = document.evaluate ('//div[1]/a[1]', document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null);

xPathRes.singleNodeValue.click();

jsfiddle:

https://jsfiddle.net/7fm89aqd/